Detachable cushion-heel.



w. S..ESTEY. DETACHABLE CUSHION HEEL.

(Application filed Mar. 11, 1902.)

Patented Sept, 2, I902. i

(Nb Model.)

' cushion-heel and means wherebythe same" UN TEn "STATE ATENT vOEEicE.

WALTER S. ESTEY, OFWEBSTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR E ONE-HALE TO A. J.BATES, OF WEBSTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

DETACHABLECUSHl ON-HEEln,

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 708,033, datedSeptember 2, 1902.

Application filed March 11,1902. strain). 97,777. (No model.)

To all whom it ncty concern: w

Be it known that I, WALTER S.,ESTEY, a citizen of the United StatesjofAmerica, re-

siding at Webster, inthe county of \Vorces-- ter and State ofMassachusetts, have invent cd certain new and useful Improvements inHeel Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to shoe-heels, and

particularly to that class known as cushion-heels. p

The object of the invention is to produce a may be attached to a shoeor-detached when the heel becomes worn.

Furthermore, the object of the invention is to produce a heel-retainingdevice which may be manipulated for the purpose of applying or removinga heel without the exercise of,

skill, it being my purpose to produce heels having attaching means whichordinarypurchasers may apply and remove.

Furthermore, the object of the invention is to produce a cushion-heel inwhich there are no metallic fasteners extending to the surfaceof theheel or whichwill be encountered as the heel is worn away.

A still further object of the invention is to produce a heel-fasteningone member ofwhich is embedded in the material at the time the heel ismade and from which the member cannot with ordinary use be disconnected.

Finally, the object of the invention-is to produce a heel and itsfastenings which will possess advantagesin points of simplicity,

efticiency,and durability, proving at the same time comparativelyinexpensive to produce.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists inthe details of construction and in the arrangement and combination ofparts to-be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings,forming part of this specification,wherein likecharacters denote corresponding parts in the several views, andin which-Figure 1 is a sectional view of a heel and the attaching parts. Fig. 2is a perspective view of one of the parts. Fig. 3 is a perspective viewof the other plate.

In the drawings, 1 indicates a shoe-sole, having secured thereto by anysuitable fastenings,such as clench-nails 2, the base-plate 3, saidbase-plate having an angular hole 4, with the edges of the plate at thefront and rear of the opening turned down slightly to form, with thesole, seats 5 for the reception of the tongues 6, which are carried bythe heel 7. The tongues are integral with the resilient plate 8, saidplate 8 being embedded in. the material from which the heel is made. Ascushion heels are preferably of rubber, theplate 8 is seated when thevulcanizing process is being carried on, the rubber filling in thespaces from which the tongues are struck. The plate 3 has ears 9, whichlie against the edge of the sole where the plate is applied for thepurposes of guides, that the plate may be attached in such relation tothe edge of the sole as to cause the heel to conform to the edge of thesole when the attaching means are in engagement.

In operation one tongue of the plate 8 is seated, and when sufficientpressure is applied the plate will bend slightly to permit its othertongue to be seated, thereby fastening the heel. When the heel is to beremoved, the plate can be sprung outwardly until one of the tonguesdisengage, when the other may be withdrawn. The rear tongue maybeslightly narrower than the front one inorder than the front tongue mayhave a movement which will permit the rear tongue to-disengage morereadily when pressure is exerted fromthe rear.

The construction, operation, and advantages will, it is thought, beunderstood from the foregoing description, it being noted that variouschanges may be made in the propor- 9o tions and details of constructionfor successfully carrying the invention into practice without departingfrom its scope.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure byLetters Patent, iS-

1. In a cushion -heel attaching device, a base-plate having an angularaperture with the edge of the plate at the front and rear end of theaperture turned down to form seats, :00

said plates being adapted to be sprung to the front tongue whereby thefront tongue cause engagement of the tongues with the will bend slightlyto allow rear tongue to seat base. with the base.

2. In a cushion heel attaching device, a In testimony whereof I afiix mysignature, 5 base-plate secured to the sole of a shoe and in thepresence of two witnesses, this 6th day I5 having an aperture with thefront and rear of March, 1902.

edge of the aperture turned down to form WALTER S. ESTEY. seats, a plateembedded in the heel and hav- Witnesses: ing a front and rear tongueprojecting there- I ANDREW J. BATES,

10 from, the rear tongue being narrower than I E. M. HASTINGS.

